[net-gold] LIBRARIES: PUBLIC : CITIES: 'A City with a Great Library is a Great City.'

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:07:49 -0400 (EDT)




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LIBRARIES: PUBLIC :
CITIES:
'A City with a Great Library is a Great City.'




'A City with a Great Library is a Great City.'
By Penny Font (Contact)
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Business Report

http://www.businessreport.com/news/2010/sep/21/city-great-library-great-city-edvl1/




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In reality, public library parking lots are packed. Patrons usage hasaccelerated for the better part of a decade and is setting newrecordsparticularly during the recession, according to separate studies bythe American Library Association and the Institute of Museum and LibraryServices. Nationwide, visits to public libraries last year totaled 1.4billion, or nearly five per capita. Thats up 17% from two years ago.



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An evolution

So how is it that libraries manage to remain relevant in an era whenresearch is as close as the home computer and books and magazines can bedownloaded in mere seconds?



The phenomenon is attributable to a mixture of evolution and recession.

More than a decade ago, libraries were mainly bastions of information,quiet places where the studious toiled away in the stacks and carrels.Sure, kids could check out books, but theyd better be seen and not heard.

But the ready availability of information through technology has forcedlibraries to adapt. Theres a new dominant model now: library as communitycenterless about books, more about people.

These days, those centers boast coffee houses and caf. Puppet shows.Concerts. Lectures. Art galleries. Clubs. Wi-Fi. Language courses.Computer training. Job search assistance. Meeting rooms. Tutoring.Workforce training. Tax assistance. Movies. Yoga classes. Parties withauthors. Legal advice. Online databases. And you can, of course, stillcheck out booksor download them. All of it is free.

Suzanne M. Stauffer, an assistant professor in the LSU School of Libraryand Information Science, says libraries have always been about more thanjust providing information, but they are indeed rediscovering theirhistoric role as community centers.

There is a resurgence of this desire for community, and were all lookingfor a place to come together, she says. The library is neutral. Its notpolitical; its not religious; its not commercial. Everybody can come anduse it; it doesnt matter what your philosophy is. Its a place you can goand have your educational, informational and recreational needs met.

Robert Ward, an associate professor in the LSU School of Library andInformation Science, calls the concept an information commons approach.







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